Pledging to reduce 40% of the city’s CO2 emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, the city of Suwon – Korea’s first planned city which houses the UNESCO site of Hwaseong Fortress and the global headquarter of tech giant Samsung Electronics, is hosting the first EcoMobility World Festival in September 201... [Full text...]

ICLEI and UNISDR are inviting you to contribute to the global disaster risk reduction framework and help shape the future of risk reduction in your city and country. Share your thoughts and ideas through this survey until 5 March. [Full text...]

In a city where greenhouse gas emission was cut almost by half in less than two decades, students as young as five are learning and practicing how to be responsible and environment-loving citizens both in schools and in their communities. [Full text...]

In his final State of the City address, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a citywide ban on polystyrene foam food packaging – a substance commonly used by street vendors and takeout restaurants as food containers. [Full text...]

The Municipal Waste Treatment Centre (Centro de Tratamento de Resíduos Sólidos, CTRS) in the district of Jardim Filadélfia, Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – once the city’s largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions - has been successfully transformed into a cost-effective energy generating waste tr... [Full text...]

To enhance the city’s urban food system resilience against climate change and addressing issues such as resource depletion, growing inequity, loss of farms and farmlands and rising health care costs for diet-related diseases, the City Council of Vancouver has unanimously passed the Vancouver Food St... [Full text...]

Are you a young municipal leader passionate about solving local environmental issues? Do you want to work in a global partnership with other leaders and sustainability experts? Join the FutureCityLeaders Initiative today! [Full text...]

All communities with C02 reduction targets are invited to share their climate protection targets in the new Copenhagen World Climate Catalogue of City Commitments to Combat Climate Change. [Full text...]

A handful of local governments are supplementing their climate protection plans with regional "climate prosperity" strategies. Two experts explain the power of this new paradigm. Part 1 in a series [Full text...]

Inspired by key examples of climate prosperity at work—including Portland, Oregon—local government leaders across the country are collaborating on regional climate prosperity strategies. Part 2 in a series. [Full text...]

Today, 25 May 2009, marks the commemoration of Africa Day, the day on which the Organisation of African Unity was born, 46 years ago. We encourage all our African and global members to celebrate this important day with us. [Full text...]

Ruud Schuthof, the Executive and Policy Assistant to ICLEI Secretary General updates us about his work at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development taking place in New York (USA).
14 May 2009: We, as Local Authorities group, will have the possibility to address the ministerial pl... [Full text...]

Local Renewables 2011 will focus on “Green Buildings and the Future of Sustainable Urban Development”. Organized by ICLEI and hosted by the City of Freiburg, Germany, from 27-28 October 2011, the conference will look at the evolving role of renewable energy in sustainable buildings and address the i... [Full text...]

World mayors have gathered at the Durban LG Convention 'Adapting to a changing climate – towards COP17/CMP7 and beyond', to discuss adaptation strategies and draft the Durban Adaptation Charter which highlights their commitments for immediate action. [Full text...]